Gambling for Profit : Historical Contingency and Jagged Growth /

Gambling for Profit is unique among studies of gambling's twentieth-century growth thanks to Kerry G.E. Chambers's strong analytical framework - investigating not only the political aspects of legalization, but also the sociocultural factors that influence popular adoption. Chambers provid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chambers, Kerry, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Jeux de hasard > Aspect economique.
Jeux de hasard > Politique gouvernementale.
Jeux de hasard > Aspect social.
Jeux de hasard > Études transculturelles.
Gambling > Social aspects.
Gambling > Government policy.
Gambling > Economic aspects.
Gambling.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Gambling > Cross-cultural studies.
Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Emergence of Gambling within a Historically Contingent Framework
  • Gambling for Profit in the Welfare Regimes
  • Casinos in Australia, Canada, and the United States
  • Lotteries and Gaming Machines in Australia, Canada, and the United States
  • Historical Contingency in Political Economic and Sociocultural Contexts.

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